Federal Judicial Service:Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitNominated by Barack Obama on January 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Paul Redmond Michel. Confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 2013, and received commission on March 12, 2013.

Education:Pomona College, B.A., 1977Yale Law School, J.D., 1981

Professional Career:Law clerk, Hon. Abraham Sofaer, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1981-1982Law clerk, Hon. Robert Bork, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-1983Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1983-1984Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1984-1986, 1989-2013Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1989

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, November 10, 2011; no Senate vote